Pre-requisite: None
DURATION: 5 days training
9am - 4pm
35 hours
EQUIPMENTS PER STUDENT:
• 3 CISCO Router
• 2 CISCO Switch
• Serial WAN Cable
• CAT 6 Cable
Inclusion (face-to-face training): Lunch Meal
Certificate of completion
Training handout
Review material for exam
Free flowing coffee
Inclusion (Online Training): Certificate of completion
Training handout (soft copy)
Review material for exam
Describe characteristics of network topology architectures
• 2 tier
• 3 tier
• Spine-leaf
• WAN
Small office/home office (SOHO)
• On-premises and cloud
Compare physical interface and cabling types
• Single-mode fiber, multimode fiber, copper
• Connections (Ethernet shared media and point-to-point)
• Concepts of PoE
Identify interface and cable issues (collisions, errors, mismatch duplex, and/or speed)
Configure and verify IPv4 addressing and subnetting
Describe the need for private IPv4 addressing
Configure and verify IPv6 addressing and prefix
Compare IPv6 address types
• Global unicast
• Unique local
• Link local
• Anycast
• Multicast
• Modified EUI 64
Verify IP parameters for Client OS (Windows, Mac OS, Linux)
Describe wireless principles
• Nonoverlapping Wi-Fi channels
• SSID
• RF
• Encryption
Explain virtualization fundamentals (Virtual Machines)
Describe the capabilities and function of TFTP/FTP in the network
Define key security concepts (threats, vulnerabilities, exploits, and mitigation techniques)
Describe security program elements (user awareness, training, and physical access control)
Describe security password policies elements, such as management, complexity, and password alternatives (multifactor
authentication, certificates, and biometrics)
Describe remote access and site-to-site VPNs
Describe network device management access (Telnet, SSH, HTTP, HTTPS, console, TACACS+/RADIUS, and cloud managed)
Initial configuration of Cisco devices
• Configure Cisco 19xx and 43xx series routers
• Configure Hostname
• Configure Loopback Interface
Configure device access control using local passwords
• Configure Type 5 Password
• Configure Level 15 Password
Explain the role of DHCP and DNS within the network
• Configure and verify DHCP client and relay
Configure network devices for remote access using SSH
Configure and verify access control lists
Differentiate authentication, authorization, and accounting concepts
Describe switching concepts
• MAC learning and aging
• Frame switching
• Frame flooding
• MAC address table
Configure and verify VLANs (normal range) spanning multiple switches
• Access ports (data and voice)
• Default VLAN
• Connectivity
Configure and verify interswitch connectivity
• Trunk ports
• 802.1Q
• Native VLAN
Configure and verify Layer 2 discovery protocols (Cisco Discovery Protocol and LLDP)
Describe the need for and basic operations of Rapid PVST+ Spanning Tree Protocol and identify basic operations
• Root port, root bridge (primary/secondary), and other port names
• Port states (forwarding/blocking)
• PortFast benefits
• Root guard, loop guard, BPDU filter, and BPDU guard
Configure and verify (Layer 2/Layer 3) EtherChannel (LACP)
Describe AP and WLC management access connections (Telnet, SSH, HTTP,HTTPS, console, and TACACS+/RADIUS)
Configure and verify Layer 2 security features
• DHCP snooping
• Dynamic ARP Inspection
• Port Security
Describe wireless security protocols (WPA, WPA2, and WPA3)
• Configure and verify WLAN within the GUI using WPA2 PSKFiber Optic
Explain the role and function of network components
• Routers
• L2 and L3 switches
• Next-generation firewalls and IPS
• Endpoints
• Servers
Explain the function of SNMP in network operations
Describe the use of syslog features including facilities and levels
• Configure Syslog
• View and verify the ouput using syslog software
Configure and verify inside source NAT using static and pools
Configure and verify NTP operating in a client and server mode
Explain the forwarding per-hop behavior (PHB) for QoS such as classification, marking, queuing, congestion, policing, shaping
Fiber Optic Cabling Termination LC and SC
• SingleMode
• MultiMode
• Simplex
• Duplex
• Verify the output using Fiber Optic Power Meter
Interpret the components of routing table
• Routing protocol code
• Prefix
• Network mask
• Next hop
• Administrative distance
• Metric
• Gateway of last resort
Determine how a router makes a forwarding decision by default
• Longest match
• Administrative distance
• Routing protocol metric
Configure and verify IPv4 and IPv6 static routing
• Default route
• Network route
• Host route
• Floating static
Configure and verify single area OSPFv2
• Neighbor adjacencies
• Point-to-point
• Broadcast (DR/BDR selection)
• Router ID
Configure, verify, and troubleshoot OSPF for IPv6
Configure, verify, and troubleshoot EIGRP for IPv4
Configure, verify, and troubleshoot EIGRP for IPv6
Configure, verify, and troubleshoot RIPv2 for IPv4
Describe the purpose of first hop redundancy protocol
Automation and Programmability
• Describe characteristics of REST-based APIs (CRUD, HTTP verbs, and data encoding)
• Explain how automation impacts network management
• Compare traditional networks with controller-based networking
• Describe controller-based and software defined architectures (overlay, underlay, and fabric)
• Explain and discuss generative AI and Predictive AI machine learning for network opearations
• Network automation using Python.